Progressive Dialogue I:
Define the Energy–
Competitiveness Relationship
September 2007
Meeting Materials
Dialogue I Participants (PDF)
Dialogue I Proceedings: Define. The Energy–Competitiveness Relationship, Council on Competitiveness (2008)
Presentations
How Energy Became a Competitiveness Challenge (PDF)
Larry Chorn, Chief Economist, Platts Analytics
Prospects for Renewables (PDF)
Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group
Forecast for the Nuclear Industry (PDF)
Angelina Howard, Vice President and Assistant to the President, Nuclear Energy Institute
The Energy Productivity Opportunity (PDF)
Matt Rogers, Director, McKinsey & Company
Industry/Sector Perspectives in Energy & Competitiveness: Food & Agriculture Supply Chain (PDF)
Glen Lewis, Energy & Supply Chain Management Advisor, University of California, Davis
Energy Security, Innovation and Sustainability – What is the Optimal Policy Focus? (PDF)
Peter Evans, General Manager, Global Strategy and Planning, General Electric Company
Selected Reference Materials
The Council provided participants with the following reference materials to stimulate thinking on various facets of the energy–competitiveness relationship.
Provoke. Discussion Draft: The Energy—Competitiveness Relationship
Council on Competitiveness (September 2007)
Briefing Paper: Energy Workforce Challenges (PDF)
Carl E. Van Horn, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (September 2007)
Wasted Energy: How the U.S. Can Reach its Energy Productivity Potential (PDF)
McKinsey Institute (June 2007)
The Fundamentals of Energy Security (PDF)
As Prepared by Daniel Yergin, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, for a U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on “Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Oil Dependence.” (March 2007)
U.S. Energy R&D: Declining investment, increasing need, and the feasibility of expansion. (PDF)
Gregory F. Nemet, Energy and Resources Group and Daniel M. Kammen, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley (February 2006)
Additional Progressive Dialogues
Dialogue II: Demand Drivers for Sustainable Energy Solutions—Users (March 2008)
Dialogue III: Deploy Sustainable Energy Solutions—Suppliers (June 2008)